February 24th

February 24, 2012

WEST GREENWICH - While the University of Rhode Islandâs Kingston campus, Bay campus and Providence campus all have unique characteristics that make them beautiful, URIâs most alluring and charming campus may be none of the three.

February 23rd

February 24, 2012

By DAVID PEPIN &
LINDSAY OLIVIER

EAST GREENWICHâ Thomas Meers had just put his one-year-old daughter back to bed at about 3:50 a.m. Sunday morning and was about to fall back asleep himself when he heard a horrible noise not far from his home at 403 Shippeetown Road.
âIf you put your head against a board and somebody hit a baseball bat across it, thatâs what it sounded like,â said Meers, East Greenwich Fire District captain. âI just started getting dressed and ran out. I knew it was going to be bad.â

February 23, 2012

HOPKINTON - The Federal Highway Administration has rejected the Rhode Island Dept. of Transportationâs (RIDOT) request to build toll booths on both sides of Route 95 in between Exits 2 and 3, in the Hopkinton/Richmond area.

February 22nd

February 23, 2012

Tragedy struck this weekend when a pair of local teenagers were killed in a car accident in East Greenwich. This week, the Standard-Times has the story, as well as a look at the victims through the eyes of friends and family members.
In addition, we bring you an exclusive look into the troubles that continue to plague the State Fire Academy in Exeter and wrap up our month-long look into Black History Month.
All that and more in this week's Standard-Times. Pick up a copy on newsstands today!

February 22, 2012

EAST GREENWICH - Thomas Mears had just put his one-year-old daughter back to bed at about 3:50 a.m. Sunday morning, and was about to fall back asleep himself when he heard the horrible noise not far from his home at Shippeetown Road.

âIf you put your head against a board and somebody hit a baseball bat across it, that's what it sounded like,â said Mears, East Greenwich Fire District captain. âI just started getting dressed and ran out. I knew it was going to be bad.â

February 22, 2012

EAST GREENWICH â Think knocking down a brush fire or dousing a burning structure in East Greenwich is a challenge?

Try maneuvering the firefighting apparatus out of Station 1 downtown on Main Street, where East Greenwich Fire District personnel have to contend with not only pedestrians and sometimes speeding traffic, but the structure of the 98-year-old building as well.